PART XI.2Tax in Respect of Dispositions of Certain Properties (continued)

Marginal note:Return and payment of tax

207.4(1) Any institution, public authority, charity or municipality that is liable to pay a tax under subsection 207.3 or 207.31 in respect of a year shall, within 90 days after the end of the year,

(a) file with the Minister a return for the year under this Part in prescribed form and containing prescribed information without notice or demand therefor;

(b) estimate in the return the amount of tax payable by it under this Part in respect of the year; and

(c) pay to the Receiver General the amount of tax payable by it under this Part in respect of the year.

Marginal note:Provisions applicable to Part

(2) Subsections 150(2) and 150(3), sections 152 and 158, subsections 161(1) and 161(11), sections 162 to 167 and Division J of Part I are applicable to this Part with such modifications as the circumstances require.

NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated text;

PART XI.3Tax in Respect of Retirement Compensation Arrangements

advantage, in relation to a retirement compensation arrangement, means

(a) any benefit, loan or indebtedness that is conditional in any way on the existence of the arrangement, other than

(i) a benefit derived from the provision of administrative or investment services in respect of the arrangement,

(ii) a loan or an indebtedness the terms and conditions of which are terms and conditions that persons dealing at arm’s length with each other would have entered into, and

(iii) a payment out of or under the arrangement that is included in computing a taxpayer’s income under Part I, and

(b) a benefit that is an increase in the total fair market value of the subject property of the arrangement if it is reasonable to consider, having regard to all the circumstances, that the increase is attributable, directly or indirectly, to a transaction or event or a series of transactions or events one of the main purposes of which was to enable a person or a partnership to benefit from a provision of this Part, or from the exemption from tax under paragraph 149(1)(q.1), if the transaction, event or series

(i) would not have occurred in a normal commercial or investment context in which parties deal with each other at arm’s length and act prudently, knowledgeably and willingly, or

(ii) included a payment received as, on account or in lieu of, or in satisfaction of, a payment

(A) for services provided by a person who is, or does not deal at arm’s length with, a specified beneficiary of the arrangement, or

(B) of interest, of a dividend, of rent, of a royalty or of any other return on investment, or of proceeds of disposition, in respect of property (other than subject property of the arrangement) held by a person who is, or does not deal at arm’s length with, a specified beneficiary of the arrangement,

(c) a benefit that is income or a capital gain that is reasonably attributable, directly or indirectly, to

(ii) an amount received by a specified beneficiary of the arrangement, or by a person who does not deal at arm’s length with the specified beneficiary, if it is reasonable to consider, having regard to all the circumstances, that the amount was paid in relation to, or would not have been paid but for, subject property of the arrangement and the amount was paid as, on account or in lieu of, or in satisfaction of, a payment

(A) for services provided by a person who is, or who does not deal at arm’s length with, the specified beneficiary, or

(B) of interest, of a dividend, of rent, of a royalty or of any other return on investment, or of proceeds of disposition,

RCA strip, in respect of a retirement compensation arrangement, means the amount of a reduction in the fair market value of subject property of the arrangement, if the value is reduced as part of a transaction or event or a series of transactions or events one of the main purposes of which is to enable a specified beneficiary of the arrangement, or a person or a partnership who does not deal at arm’s length with the specified beneficiary, to benefit from a provision of this Part or to obtain a benefit in respect of subject property of the arrangement or as a result of the reduction, but does not include an amount that is included in computing the income of the specified beneficiary or of an employer or former employer of the specified beneficiary; (somme découlant d’un dépouillement de CR)

RCA trust

fiducie de convention de retraite

RCA trust under a retirement compensation arrangement means

(a) any trust deemed by subsection 207.6(1) to be created in respect of subject property of the arrangement, and

(b) any trust governed by the arrangement; (fiducie de convention de retraite)

refundable tax

impôt remboursable

refundable tax of a retirement compensation arrangement at the end of a taxation year of an RCA trust under the arrangement means the amount, if any, by which the total of

(a) 50% of all contributions made under the arrangement while it was a retirement compensation arrangement and before the end of the year, and

(i) the total of all amounts each of which is the income (determined as if this Act were read without reference to paragraph 82(1)(b)) of an RCA trust under the arrangement from a business or property for the year or a preceding taxation year or a capital gain of the trust for the year or a preceding taxation year,

exceeds

(ii) the total of all amounts each of which is a loss of an RCA trust under the arrangement from a business or property for the year or a preceding taxation year or a capital loss of the trust for the year or a preceding taxation year,

exceeds

(c) 50% of all amounts paid as distributions to one or more persons (including amounts that are required by paragraph 12(1)(n.3) to be included in computing the recipient’s income) under the arrangement while it was a retirement compensation arrangement and before the end of the year, other than a distribution paid where it is established, by subsequent events or otherwise, that the distribution was paid as part of a series of payments and refunds of contributions under the arrangement; (impôt remboursable)

significant interest

participation notable

significant interest has the same meaning as in subsection 207.01(4); (participation notable)

specified beneficiary

bénéficiaire déterminé

specified beneficiary, of a retirement compensation arrangement, means an individual who has an interest or a right in respect of the arrangement and who has or had a significant interest in an employer or former employer in respect of the arrangement; (bénéficiaire déterminé)

subject property of a retirement compensation arrangement

bien déterminé d’une convention de retraite

subject property of a retirement compensation arrangement means property that is held in connection with the arrangement. (bien déterminé d’une convention de retraite)

Marginal note:Election

(2) Notwithstanding the definition refundable tax in subsection 207.5(1), where the custodian of a retirement compensation arrangement so elects in the return under this Part for a taxation year of an RCA trust under the arrangement and all the subject property, if any, of the arrangement (other than a right to claim a refund under subsection 164(1) or 207.7(2)) at the end of the year consists only of cash, debt obligations, shares listed on a designated stock exchange, or any combination thereof, an amount equal to the total of

(b) the total of all amounts each of which is the greater of the principal amount of such a debt obligation outstanding at the end of the year and the fair market value of the obligation at the end of the year, and

shall be deemed for the purposes of this Part to be the refundable tax of the arrangement at the end of the year.

Marginal note:Limitation on election

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of an RCA trust if any part of a decline in the fair market value of subject property of the retirement compensation arrangement is reasonably attributable to a prohibited investment for, or an advantage in relation to, the RCA trust unless the Minister is satisfied that it is just and equitable to allow the election to be made, having regard to all the circumstances, in which case, the Minister may adjust the amount deemed by subsection (2) to be the refundable tax of the arrangement to take into account all or part of the decline in the fair market value of the subject property.

NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated text;